North Shore Rescue says missing trail markers made matters worse for a father and his six-year-old son, who had to be rescued in West Vancouver on Sunday night. The pair struck out on the Whyte Lake Trail for a short walk at around 2 p.m. but became lost when one of their dogs ran off. NSR search manager Peter Haigh said it didn't help that many of the colourful reflective trail markers, which are normally nailed to trees, had been wilfully removed. "There are quite a lot of trails from Whyte Lake and we have marked them, but somebody or several people don't like markers on trails," said Haigh. Members of North Shore Rescue located the father and son using cellphone coordinates and then walked them to safety.

Source: CBC News December 31, 2018 18:22 UTC